NC Spin Articles





What's the new outlook for jobs?

A few years ago, a couple of economists made a big splash by predicting almost half of occupations in the country had a big chance of being replaced by automation and technology in coming decades...    Read More

September 13, 2018

Are taxes fair in North Carolina?

Wealthy North Carolinians pay a higher share of their incomes in taxes than do middle-income North Carolinians, who in turn have a higher effective tax rate than the poor. This is a factual statement...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 13, 2018



Principals getting deserved raises

The North Carolina General Assembly has correctly focused on raising salaries for teachers during the past six years while compensation for principals and assistant principals left our state at or...    Read More

by Phil Kirk   |   September 6, 2018

Our economy needs new enterprises

North Carolina’s economy is in reasonably good shape. Over the past five years of available data, our state’s employers have added 480,000 net new jobs, with our job-creation rate exceeding the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 6, 2018

10 years of tobacco-free schools

North Carolina schools just observed the 10th anniversary of the 100 percent Tobacco-free Schools Law. When this law passed in 2008, NC immediately became a national leader in protecting its children...    Read More

September 6, 2018